When you hit middle age you really only have two choices: you can get fat and lazy until you roll over and die, or you can can get off your ass and do something, like maybe ride a bike.

Bluntness

I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Tea Party - Still lying through their teeth

So, I know there are a lot of people out there who believe the Tea Party is the best thing for this country since sliced bread. They see it's leaders as honest, true patriotic Americans who are working only for the betterment of the country. If you listen to them the Affordable Healthcare Act is worse then the bubonic plague; insurance rates will rise and jobs will be lost. Personally, I think they are full of shit. Yesterday I received my Benefits Annual Enrollment Guide. Anxiously I ripped open the plastic sealers. I needed to see how much my payroll deductions were going to be. Would it be too much for my paycheck to bear? Would I have to buy bargain basement dog food? I prayed that they stay somewhere in the range of what I was already paying, just shy of $180 dollars a month. But, of course, that was not to be. To my gleeful surprise my monthly deductions was... falling... not like a rock, mind you, but enough to make a significant difference in my paycheck. How much less will I be paying per month? $39.00 As I did the calculations over and over again I could almost hear the rising tide of Tea Party voices wailing "This Can Not BE!"

Now I will be the first to admit that everybody else in the country is going to mirror me. There are unscrupulous companies out there who don't give a damn about their associates. I would not be surprised if there were several companies owned by Conservative Republicans which actually raise their employee rates. You see, they don't care if they hurt their associates just as long as they get their point across. They are going to make their political point no matter how much they have to gouge their employees. Nothing is going to change them.

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So why all the clamor from the Tea Party about the Affordable Healthcare Act? Well, for one thing, I've always suspected they really are nothing moer then bags with loud voices. Secondly, this is legislation which was passed under President Obama and they hate him. Thirdly, they are terrified that when all of the working class 'joes' who make up their core start seeing the benefits they might start saying "hey, this ain't too bad." That would be terrible news for the Tea Party. They might start losing elections. I mean why would any sane person want to vote for a lying sack of shit.